You can pin any run command to your taskbar or start screen on your windows 8 using the following method. In one of my previous video I have discussed on how you can pin shut down and lock PC shortcuts to task bar, In this post let us see how we can pin any command to start screen of your windows 8 operating system or to the task bar . It is very simple all you need to know the run command for that particular program or application. Pin Any Command to Taskbar or windows 8 start Screen In this post let us pin directly the run prompt box itself to the taskbar of windows 8, Run Command has been part of windows since windows 95 and it has been removed on the start menu from windows vista or windows 7 to replace the run by windows search. Same is the case in windows 8. This is for the people Read more
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If you have noticed, windows8 does not ask for conformation when you are trying to delete a file or files. But what if you have accidentally pressed delete button on your keyboard then the file immediately goes to recycle bin. However you need not worry as the deleted file(s) only goes to recycle bin and you can recover back. It will be useful to have the confirm delete pop up dialog so you need not worry about the file(s) going to recycle bin by accidentally pressing delete button. So, here is the way how you can enable pop up file delete dialog box confirmation . 1. Right Click on the “Recycle Bin” Icon and select “Properties“. 2. There you can see a check box which says “Display Delete Confirmation Dialog” , Check that box. 3. Click on OK, From now you must see delete confirmation dialog box for every file you are trying to delete. Hope you find this information Read more
By Default Anyone who is using your PC can uninstall any metro application on your PC by just going to the start screen of your windows8 and right clicking on the App. But you might not like anyone who uses your PC to uninstall the windows store apps, So here is the way how you can stop users from uninstalling the windows store apps. 1. Open run box and type “gpedi.msc” which will open the local group policy editor. 2. Now Drill down to “User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar” and click on it , this will bring you up the settings related to Start Menu and Taskbar , Now look for a setting with name “Prevent users from uninstalling applications from Start” 3. Double Click on that setting to turn it on or off , Following is the screenshot once you double click the setting. 4.By default, this option is set to Not Configured. We need to change it Read more
If you want to customize the tiles on start screen of your windows8 , There are very few options available for customization using built-in features. When I was browsing I came across a post in ghacks.net, the post was about Obly Tile, a handy tool to customize the start screen and its tiles on windows8. Previously there was one app in windows store called Custom Tiles Maker , which was one useful tool to customize the start screen and create tiles of an image but it does not have an action item attached to the tiles and is merely a designing tool for start screen. Obly Tile : Here is how the program works, download the software from here and start the program. It is a simple executable file and needs no installation and immediately shows up the above screen where you need to enter following details Tile Name : Give your Tile a name. You can hide Tile name Read more
Creating Layout and Design for a website Proper Layout and Design are two important things that we need to take care before creating any website or blog because some aspects should be addressed and kept in mind before we start any actual work , among those design and layout are two important ones. Layout is blue print of our website, It represents the overview of content and their co ordinate positions in our website that we are about to present to our viewers without any design aspects. Following is a sample layout of a website that I designed. This is just a simple and sample layout of any website but layout should include all the static elements of a particular page that appears over and over in your website. Once you decided your sample layout you can position them on your website by two ways Tables (traditional and Old way) Div tags (Division tags) Design is the look and feel Read more
If you are using either Firefox or Chrome then by default these browsers allows by options to see the saved passwords in them but Internet Explore does not have that feature in its package. Some times it is really needed to see the saved passwords in browsers in case if you have forgotten the password or you might want to see some other persons password saved on your local pc, So how do we find that if the password is saved in Internet Explorer. This question was addressed an answer very long time back by Nirsoft.net They have developed some custom applications actually which are free and does not need any installation and easy to use. So the application that we are going to use today is BulletPass View and IEPass View. To download this softwares go to nirsoft.net IEPassview lets you to see all the passwords stored in internet explorer however it did not show up me the required Read more
One of my friend introduced me into neobux.com which is a paid to click service program. The major way of getting money that we have earned is either via Paypal or Alertpay. So I happened to create an account in both of these services. Paypal always had issues with RBI and came very close to death in India, However it recovered back to an extent but not to an extent that was expected. However having said these things I believe that these trends came to an end with VISA Card transactions all around the world and banks providing you with Netsafe / Instant cards to use in internet there is no need for any eCommerce banks like paypal but to with draw your funds you may need it. If you are not satisfied with the services offered by paypal you have an option to delete your account in paypal.lets see how you can delete your account. How do I delete Read more
Cloud Storage, It is one the buzzing word of the technology this year and with trend it created many of the big giants of internet are into the list of providers of this service. If you are new to this technology please refer to my previous post on cloud storage service. Storing your files from any place with internet connectivity is one of the driving force for this technology. I remember placing the executable C programs in my file host and copied it back into my College PC using command “wget file_name” directly to execute it during exams and which student doesn’t like this idea unless if you are a nerd. Already there are number of traditional storage companies readily available to store your files like media fire, rapid share etc and you know why you want to opt for cloud storage now. Let us take a look at the important characteristic points and features of the cloud storage services Read more